AGM Statement

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10 June 2010
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

                                 AGM STATEMENT

Ariana  Resources  plc  ("Ariana"  or  "the  Company"), the gold exploration and
development  company focused on Turkey, confirms that all of the resolutions put
to  shareholders at  the Company's  Annual General  Meeting held today were duly
passed.  The Chairman, Michael Spriggs made the following comments:

"Despite the macroeconomic uncertainty of the past year we have delivered boldly
and  decisively  towards  our  parallel  strategy  of  gold mine development and
exploration  in Turkey.  Our first gold  production from trial mining undertaken
at  Kiziltepe was one of the highlights of the year.  This event was a milestone
for  the  Company  and  catalysed  the  subsequent  advancement of our principal
projects.

In October we signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Proccea Construction Co.
("Proccea")  to  develop  a  joint  venture  company  to progress the Red Rabbit
project.   We are  now in  the process  of finalising  the formal  joint venture
("JV")  agreement.  In advance of this,  we have initiated the informal start-up
of the JV in May, in line with our project development schedule.

Positive  economic and environmental scoping studies  on the Kiziltepe Sector of
Red  Rabbit were completed, and our JV partners-to-be have also prepared designs
for   the  processing  plant.   In  addition,  Proccea  have  fully  funded  the
construction of a mobile geochemical laboratory, which is to be used for routine
project analytical work.  As we conclude the formal JV agreement, other positive
behind-the-scenes development work on the project is continuing.

A  scheduled Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling programme over the Derya and Banu
veins  was completed as part  of the JV.  The  results of this programme will be
integrated  with our revised  mineral resource estimate,  and we expect that the
resources  on these  veins will  be upgraded  from Inferred to Indicated status.
 Significantly,  certain RC  holes drilled  in an  area of cover separating Arzu
South  from the Derya  and Arzu North  areas have demonstrated  depth and strike
continuity  of the  mineralised structure.   This represents  an important focus
area for further resource growth on the prospect.

Apart  from specific work being  undertaken as part of  the JV, the partners are
identifying  additional  resource  development  opportunities  which  could  add
further value to the JV company.  We are determined for the JV company to become
an  integrated  Turkish  mining  and  mineral  exploration company with specific
leverage in Turkey and the Middle East.

Elsewhere   in   Turkey,  Ariana  is  continuing  to  identify  new  exploration
opportunities  and  initiatives.   This  has  involved ramping up our grassroots
exploration  programmes, which has included the completion of the first phase of
a  regional exploration  programme in  western Turkey.   Also, certain  areas in
central  Turkey  are  now  being  targeted  by  the  company  and new avenues of
engagement  are evolving in south eastern  Turkey.  Meanwhile, our joint venture
with European Goldfields continues to gain momentum and new drilling is expected
to get underway on our projects in northeastern Turkey in the near future.

With these foundations firmly laid, the company is now well positioned for solid
future growth."


Contacts:

 Ariana Resources plc                     Tel: [phone]

 Michael Spriggs, Chairman

 Kerim Sener, Managing Director



 Beaumont Cornish Limited                 Tel: [phone]

 Roland Cornish



 Alexander David Securities Limited       Tel: [phone]

 Nick Bealer / David Scott



 Loeb Aron & Company Ltd                  Tel: [phone]

 Jonathan Willis-Richards / Frank Lucas


Editors' note:

Dr  Kerim  Sener,  BSc  (Hons),  MSc,  PhD,  is  the Managing Director of Ariana
Resources  plc.  A graduate of the University of Southampton in Geology, he also
holds  a  Master's  degree  from  the  Royal  School of Mines (Imperial College,
London)  in Mineral Exploration  and a doctorate  from the University of Western
Australia.  He is a Fellow of The Geological Society of London and has worked in
geological  research and mineral  consultancy in Southern  Africa and Australia.
 He   has  read  and  approved  the  technical  disclosure  in  this  regulatory
announcement.

About Ariana Resources

Ariana   is  an  exploration  and  development  company  focused  on  epithermal
gold-silver  and  porphyry  copper-gold  deposits  in  Turkey.   The  Company is
exploring  a  portfolio  of  prospective  licences  selected on the basis of its
in-house  geological and remote-sensing  database, on its  own in western Turkey
and in Joint Venture with European Goldfields Limited in north-eastern Turkey.

The  Company's flagship assets are its  Sindirgi and Tavşan gold projects.  Both
projects  contain  a  series  of  prospects,  within  two  prolific  mineralised
districts  in the Western Anatolian Volcanic  and Extensional (WAVE) Province in
western  Turkey.  This Province hosts the largest operating gold mines in Turkey
and  remains highly prospective for new porphyry and epithermal deposits.  These
core  projects, which are  separated by a  distance of 75km, are presently being
assessed  as  to  their  economic  merits.   The total resource inventory of the
Company stands at 401,000 ounces of gold equivalent.

Loeb  Aron  &  Company  Ltd.  and  Alexander  David Securities Limited are joint
brokers  to the Company and Beaumont  Cornish Limited is the Company's Nominated
Adviser.

For further information on Ariana you are invited to visit the Company's website
atwww.arianaresources.com <

http://www.arianaresources.com/>.
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